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- Title
RADON RISK IN ALPINE REGIONS IN AUSTRIA: RISK ASSESSMENT AS A SETTLEMENT PLANNING STRATEGY.
- Authors
Gruber, V.; Baurngartner, A.; Seidel, C.; Maringer, F. J.
- Abstract
Soil gas radon measurements complement indispensable and well-established radon indoor measurements in Austria. Radon in soil gas is a result of geochemical conditions as well as of geology, mineralogy geophysics and meteorology. Therefore, geological factors can help to predict potential indoor radon concentrations via soil gas. Soil gas radon measurements in well-defined geological units give an estimate of local and regional radon hazards and build the basis for radon risk maps, which could be used for land-use planning and urban development. The creation of maps makes an important contribution to health care. For this purpose, several research projects were carried out in Austria. On the one hand, a study was already conducted in Lower Austria to determine the influence of meteorological and soil physical parameters on radon concentrations in soil gas and to evaluate soil gas radon concentrations with a radon emanation and migration model. On the other hand, radon measurements on different geomorphologic formations in the Austrian Alps, which are potential settlement areas, are of special interest.
- Subjects
AUSTRIAN Alps (Austria); AUSTRIA; ALPS; SOIL air; RADON measures; CHEMICAL ecology; RADON; GEOLOGY; ALPINE regions; LAND use planning; URBAN planning &; the environment; ECOLOGY
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2008, Vol 130, Issue 1, p88
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncn135